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["michael sledjeski" <mtnsylva@xxxxxxx>]

Rankin area, Cocke county

Thursday, June 13th , 2006:  7pm-9pm

The location of the  egret rookery at Rankin  changes frequently - yesterday 
evening it was in a swampy grove near Holt Town Rd, about a mile north of 
the Rankin Bridge.  We watched waders flying in for a while; presumably 
there were more at roost that we couldn't see.

Lake level at Douglas was at 991.8, more than 2 ft. below this summer's 
peak, and dropping; some mudflats may be exposed by Sunday (991.3 
predicted).  A few killdeer, the first returing shorebirds we've seen this 
season, foraged in some grassy shallows,.

Notable:

Wood Duck (62)
Double-crested cormorant (75)
Great blue heron (21)
Great egret (63)
Little blue heron (9: 8 imm., 1 adult)
Green heron (17)
Black-crowned night-heron (22)
Osprey (12)
Bald eagle
Killdeer (6)
Belted kingfisher (6)
Red-headed woodpecker (3)
Eastern kingbird
Tree swalow (100s)
Cliff swallow (200+ at Rankin Bridge)
Barn swallow
Prothonotary warbler

Miichael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Cocke county TN


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